That wool coat looks conservative and good for business. At least for me, the only items I can buy from BB are their ESF shirts and Milano suits/pants.
Their other clothes, including coats, that I've tried have been very oversized and baggy.

It's actually in his sig: Steven.Webb@brooksbrothersstores.com
You are probably better off calling him today:
I spoke to him earlier and he got a whole bunch of emails over the holiday and with the 15% kicker in effect right now, I'm sure he'll be plenty busy.
916.772.4888

It's actually in his sig: Steven.Webb@brooksbrothersstores.com
You are probably better off calling him today:
I spoke to him earlier and he got a whole bunch of emails over the holiday and with the 15% kicker in effect right now, I'm sure he'll be plenty busy.
916.772.4888

Steve is fantastic. Has helped me in the past.

Just picked up a Fitzgerald suit for under $600 with the 30% +15%. Pretty happy.

So I returned a suit a purchased during their last sale and am very tempted getting their Golden Fleece Fitzgerald. Went to the store today and the tailor said he could loosen out the center seam in the back of the jacket to make it more comfortable. It was a 40S fitz which is a little tight on the shoulder and horizontal lines on the back.

Went into flagship store to take a look, unpleasantly surprised at how unhelpful staff was. Had salesperson get a ? fit specialist ? to tell me I should get a larger size coat, brought me the wrong color, it was clearly too long, clearly longer than he or his associates were wearing, was annoyed when I told him I didn't like the fit. He was so vehement about the ridiculous length I felt like I really couldn't trust his assessment of fit at all and just left.

End rant

I have a relatively large seat and ideally would fit in a 39S, the 38 was ok in shoulders but not only too small in waist, too tight in seat/thighs. Initially figured Fitzgerald cut was best based on this forum and description, and that I'd like flat front, but questioning this because of fit issues in seat/thighs. A 39s would probably work but they don't make it. 40 was a little big in body, tiny bit big in shoulders, waist was too big but obviously fixable there. Jacket extended slightly beyond the tip of my thumb.

-Is there another slim fit that is a little looser in the seat? Seems like there is not, but I am quite new to this so just checking.
-Am I better off getting a slightly boxy 40s that is too long in the jacket and tailoring it for waist suppression / trying to shorten coat or just abandoning for another brand?
-Might the flatiron store provide any better service?